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Beyond Good and Evil in Vista 64 (Steam)

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I recently purchased the Ubisoft classic pack via Steam. Mostly for one game, Beyond Good and Evil. Getting it to run on Vista 64 was a bit of a chore. First I needed a registry fix, which is different than the registry fix posted for XP/Vista 32bit.  The file contains the following:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Ubisoft] 
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Ubisoft\Beyond Good & Evil] 
 
"Install Path"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\common\\beyond good and evil" 

You will need to  change this if you installed the game somewhere else, the path listed above is the default.

 

After that, I had to run SettingsApplication.exe, located in:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\beyond good and evil

 

Go to the advance settings tab, check “Manual compatibility settings.” I unchecked “HW Vertex Processing”

bgesettings

I had to do this because the 2D elements of the game, like the game’s user interface were flickering often. Others in various forums seem to uncheck other options depending on issues they are having. So your luck may vary. If you are still having issues check out Steam’s Beyond Good and Evil forums.

Written by xabbott

March 30, 2009 at 10:16 am

Posted in videogames, windows

4 Responses

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  1. hi, how to get bg&e install on vista 64?

    pio

    April 11, 2009 at 6:41 am

  2. Same question as pio.
    How did you get to install it? I have a crash right after finishing the installation.

    Thanks

    Halcón

    May 22, 2009 at 6:45 pm

  3. Sorry to say ditto to pio, but me too! Perhaps install in compaitibility mode?

    registryfixreporter

    June 16, 2009 at 9:26 pm

  4. I’m on Vista 64 Ultimate and I haven’t had to do any registry fixes. The video settings depends on the card I had to uncheck Multi vertex stream as well

    Lukas

    June 27, 2009 at 5:45 am


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